Network SSID cut off

[ParoxysmX]

Hey guys,

I did my own wifi statistics bar the other day to fit the theme of my system monitoring skins. One thing that keeps happening though, is that the SSID name is not displaying properly. Only the first two letters will display, but if I refresh the skin, the rest will pop up. I'm also wondering how you can get the SSID meter to display nothing when you're not connected to any network.

Cheers.

[Brian]

Without seeing your code its a bit hard to diagnose your problem. Could you post your code so that we can assist you better?

-Brian

[ParoxysmX]

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[Metadata]
Name= Wi-Fi
Description= Stats on wifi connection
INSTRUCTIONs= n/a
Version= 1.0
Tags= wifi
Variant=1

;End of added Metadata

[Variables]
FontColor=0,0,0,255
FontColor2=0,0,0,150
FontName=Century Gothic
FontHeight1=9
FontHeight2=9
AntiAlias=1
: -------------

[MeasureWifi1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WifiStatus.dll
WifiInfoType=QUALITY

[MeasureWifi2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WifiStatus.dll
WifiInfoType=SSID

[MeasureWifi3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WifiStatus.dll
WifiInfoType=ENCRYPTION

[Label Wifi]
Meter=STRING
X=0
Y=-1
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
Text="  Wi-Fi Strength            |"
AntiAlias=1

[Wifi]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureWifi1
X=95r
Y=0r
FontColor=#FontColor2#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1
Text="%1%"

[Label ENCRYPTION]
Meter=STRING
X=135
Y=-1
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
Text="  Encryption          |"
AntiAlias=1

[ENCRYPTION]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureWifi3
X=74r
Y=0r
FontColor=#FontColor2#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1
Text="%1"

[Label SSID]
Meter=STRING
X=245
Y=-1
FontColor=#FontColor#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
Text="  SSID       "
AntiAlias=1

[SSID]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureWifi2
X=40r
Y=0r
FontColor=#FontColor2#
FontFace=#FontName#
FontSize=#FontHeight2#
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1
Text=""

[Brian]

The first thing I would try is removing the Text="" from your SSID meter. If you still have problems, then try adding a DynamicWindowSize=1 in the [Rainmeter] section of your skin.

That should fix the problem of your SSID not showing up. As I understand things, if you are not connected to any network, you won't have an SSID, but I may be wrong on that one. However, since I do not connect through WIFI, I cannot test it.

-Brian

[smurfier]

For Reference:
If you're not connected to a wireless network the SSID returned is -1.

[Brian]

Ok, so if you don't want the "-1" to show, then put a Substitute="-1":"" in your "MeasureWifi2" measure.

-Brian

[Brian]

For Reference:
If you're not connected to a wireless network the SSID returned is -1.

When I use the Enigma network skin, it shows an SSID of 0 for me, and nothing in its code tells me it is substituting anything.

-Brian

[smurfier]

When I use the Enigma network skin, it shows an SSID of 0 for me, and nothing in its code tells me it is substituting anything.

-Brian

Do you have a wireless card installed? It always shows -1 for me when I'm not connected to a wireless network.

[Brian]

No I don't. So maybe its 0 when nothing is installed, but -1 when installed but not connected.

-Brian

[ParoxysmX]

Ok, that sorted it. Cheers guys.